[Greaseball]

I am only 7 weeks and already have this gnawing, achy feeling right under my left breast. Is that where the heart is? I don't feel anything in my throat, so I don't think it's heartburn, and that wasn't even a huge issue in the last pg. When I did have it a few times, it was in the last trimester.

Last time later in the 2nd tri I got rib pain on the bottom of the ribcage on the right side, but this is different. It's high up, and it gets worse when I inhale.

Ouch!

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[KKmama]

Heartburn?

Kristine

 

[Greaseball]

I think heartburn is more of acid being forced up into the throat; it's not literally a burning heart.

Yesterday it spread to the center, than the right side, and this morning it was gone, so maybe it is just some early rib stretching.

 

[pamamidwife]

that's what it sounds like to me - especially when you described it gets worse when you inhale.

 

[Jish]

I had something like that but I think it was my stomach acid churning because I wasn't eating enough. The stomach is a lot higher than most people think it is. I still have it a bit at times. Also, heartburn doesn't necessarily get to the throat, and even if it does, you might not always feel it there.

 

[Greaseball]

It helped a little to push down really hard on my left breast as I inhaled.

Sometimes I don't eat enough; I have that Brewer Diet list but I just get too tired to fix something...I just ate a handful of spinach leaves now because it didn't require any effort. Luckily dh likes to cook.

 

[pamamidwife]

Definitely the first trimester is the time when most women cannot seem to follow such a high protein diet to a T. Usually, women crave more carbs, etc., and there's gotta be something to this. I don't often do any sort of diet counseling until after the nausea and fatigue wears off - it's a tough trimester for many women!

 

[rubelin]

I got that after Ben was born. It turned out to be pulled muscles in my ribcage. It was horrible, felt almost the way I'd think a heart attack would. I mostly just had to take it easy and be very careful picking up Ben for a while. Gentle stretches helped some, too. I hope you feel better soon!